Isabella Borgia

Isabella Borgia (1467-1547) was the illegitimate daughter of Cardinal Rodrigo Borgia and the great-great-grandmother of Pope Innocent X.

Biography
Isabella Borgia was the first daughter of Cardinal Rodrigo Borgia, born to one of his mistresses. Borgia was raised thinking that her father was her uncle, and her "uncle" later had her marry Pier Giovanni Matuzzi. She ran away and hid in a cellar amongst wine casks and a cat that she named Beppe, living there for two weeks and stealing food. However, a candlestick fell down and burnt down the stellar, killing the cat, and she was brought back to the Cancelleria. Borgia was married to Matuzzi, and she found out that she was "the finest man that (she) had ever met," before he unfortunately died, leaving her with one son. She was the great-great-grandmother of Pope Innocent X.